Dish: A Spoonie’s spouse or partner (because the dish ran away with the spoon)

Doonie: A dish that is also a Spoonie!

Teacups: Children of spoonies

Saucers: Other supportive family members of spoonies

Normie: The “average” person not affected by a chronic condition

Zebra: There is a saying with doctors “when you hear hooves you think of horses”. So you think of the most common thing first. Zebras are conditions/patients that are rare and are not the kind of thing you think of until after everything else is ruled out.

FEELINGS TERMS

Paingry: The description of the attitude of one living in chronic pain when they become snippy and short tempered. Usually brought about by any or all of these situations: pain, medication has worn off, exhaustion, depression, frustration, fatigue helplessness and most of all, severe pain. (Coined by Kristian Pederson II and his spoonie, Ami Korczak)

Exhaustipated: Too tired to give a shit

Painsomnia: Habitual sleeplessness due to pain intolerance OR the tolerance of pain for a length of time in which it is no longer tolerable; inability to sleep through anguish or agonizing pain.

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The Unchargeables is an online chronic illness support group. Our goal is to reach every single chronic illness warrior in the world and let them know that they are not alone. We call ourselves Chargies, welcome to the community.